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Barrick-Newmont fling ends in acrimony

It’s gotta rank right up with the worst "first dates" in recent mining history: the proposed merger between gold titans Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining broke off a week after it was made public through media reports in April, and then...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 1, 2014 | 4:03 pm

GOLD: Dundee to test cyanide- and mercury-free process

QUEBEC – Gold extraction without the use of toxic cyanide and mercury is a step closer to reality, thanks to Dundee Sustainable Technologies Inc. (DSTI) of Montreal. The company began building a demonstration plant for its proprietary...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2014 | 4:06 pm

RARE EARTHS: Avalon gets permit for Nechalacho pre-construction

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – The Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board has granted a land use permit for pre-construction activity at the Nechalacho rare earth elements project at Thor Lake. The project is owned by Toronto's Avalon Rare Metals.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2014 | 4:04 pm

Actlabs opens $20M facility, gears up for growth

ONTARIO – Activation Laboratories (Actlabs), Canada’s largest family owned laboratory, recently opened its new 18,500-m2 global headquarters in Ancaster, in a move to streamline its growing business.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2014 | 4:02 pm

New zone shines for Fortuna Silver at San Jose

VANCOUVER – Fresh off an expansion that doubled throughput at the San Jose mine in Mexico, a steady stream of high grade drill results from the Trinidad North zone has Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) thinking about growing the...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 30, 2014 | 4:01 pm

COPPER-PGM: Wallbridge updates Broken Hammer development

ONTARIO – Having given the green light to the Broken Hammer copper-PGM development just last month, Wallbridge Mining Company of Toronto has issued an update of construction activities at the site near Sudbury. The project includes an...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2014 | 3:08 pm

URANIUM: McClean Lake mill updates underway, start delayed

SASKATCHEWAN – The expansion of the McClean Lake mill to handle ore from the Cigar Lake uranium mine is underway but the start has been pushed back, says Cameco Corp. of Saskatoon. Cameco is the 50% owner of the Cigar Lake mine, and Areva...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2014 | 3:06 pm

COPPER-ZINC: Puma discovers new VMS system at Turgeon project

NEW BRUNSWICK – Puma Exploration of Rimouski, QC, has discovered a new hear surface volcanogenic massive sulphide system at its Turgeon copper-zinc project 26 km from Bathurst. The new Dragon zone is located only 200 metres southwest of...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2014 | 3:04 pm

DOWN HOLE MONITORS: ESG Solutions sees demand growing for microseismic monitoring

KINGSTON, Ontario - ESG Solutions, an industry leader in microseismic technology and services, is reporting growing demand for its innovative down hole microseismic monitoring techniques for geotechnical, mining and energy applications.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2014 | 3:03 pm

Ucore Rare Metals scores major victory in Alaska

The Alaska State Legislature has unanimously passed a bill that authorizes the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to issue bonds of up to US$145 million to finance the infrastructure and construction costs of Ucore Rare Metals'...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 29, 2014 | 3:02 pm

COMMENT: Newmont, Barrick talks dead

Even when a merger is no longer on the horizon, the two sides still disagree. Such is the case as Toronto's Barrick Gold issued a terse press release this morning to say that talks of a merger with Newmont Mining of Denver have been terminated...

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2014 | 4:08 pm

INFRASTRUCTURE: Ontario pledges $1B for Ring of Fire

TORONTO – The Ontario government has pledged $1 billion for infrastructure in the Ring of Fire and challenged the federal government to match it.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 28, 2014 | 4:07 pm

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